Concert will raise funds for Chinese quake victims

By Yang Wang |
April 26, 2013
| Updated: April 26, 2013 10:26pm

A recent earthquake in southwest China killed at least 190 people and injured more than 12,000.

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Fundraising Concert

Place: Chinese Civic Center

5905 Sovereign Dr., Houston, TX 77036

Time: 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April. 26

Information line: 713.772.1133

Shi Xinghao Gongfu Acadamy Annual Recital

Place: Chinese Community Center

9800 Town Park Drive, Houston, TX 77036

Time: 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April. 26

Information line: 713. 271.6100

The Houston Chinese community is holding a fundraising concert on Saturday for the victims of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on April 20 in Sichuan province of southwest China.

The concert, which starts at 3 p.m. at the Chinese Civic Center, 5905 Sovereign Drive, will feature 10 Chinese singers who are active in the community — five of whom had just won the local version of "The Voice" talent contest — and is sponsored by the Chinese Civic Center and Southern U.S. Chinese Media Group.

The earthquake killed at least 190 and injured more than 12,000.

"We invite our community to show love for our own people, though we are far away," said David Tang, a local Chinese TV host and the event organizer.

Chinese Houstonians' tie with the Sichuan area was strengthened when the Houston Sichuan Townsman Association raised $100,000 to rebuild an elementary school destroyed in an earthquake in the same region in 2008. The school is named "Chao Ai," meaning "Overseas Chinese Love."

The school also was damaged in the current earthquake. Parts of affected areas are still recovering from the 2008 disaster.

Other leaders in the community have decided to donate some or all revenue to relief efforts via events scheduled before the earthquake.

Donations will also be collected during the Shi Xinghao Gongfu Acadamy Annual Recital on Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Chinese Community Center, 9800 Town Park Drive.